Design Challenges
The YP Design Challenge is a design ideas competition comprised of three design challenges, working around themes of sustainable community development. Each category has its own set of competition guidelines, judging criteria and prizes. Participants may choose to join in any or all of the following design challenge categories:
Design Challenge 1: SUSTAINABLE SHELTER
The competition challenges participants to design a housing unit for an urban poor household that applies the principles of green design and construction.
The proposed design should be:
- able to demonstrate the use of sustainable design features and appropriate building technologies, such as energy efficiency, disaster resilient building design, rainwater harvesting, and waste management
- original and innovative
- cost-effective
- environmentally-sound
- socio-culturally sensitive and affordable
For detailed guidelines, please click here.
Design Challenge 2: TRASH TRANSFORMATION
The competition challenges designers to develop models/samples of marketable products (made from discarded materials) that urban poor people’s organizations can replicate, creating opportunities for income-generating recycling by its members.
The proposed design should be:
- innovative examples of extending the lifecycle of discarded materials
- creative and functional
- help establish income-generating waste management activities for the community
For detailed guidelines, please click here.
Design Challenge 3: PORTABLE PLAYGROUND
The competition challenges participants to design a mobile playground unit for an urban poor community that should offer a variety of play spaces for preschool-age children (ages 2-5) and elementary-age children (ages 6-12).
The proposed design should be:
- able to provide adequate spaces for appropriate and safe play experiences of children and create opportunities for teaching children the value of environmental responsibility
- mobile and transportable to other areas of available open space in a community
- cost effective and built using sustainable construction materials and techniques
- socio-culturally sensitive and affordable
For detailed guidelines, please click here.
